Where does “kinoa” come from?

kinoa (Indonesian) comes from Dutch quinoa, from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa — quinoa.

kinoa (Indonesian): quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)

Definitions

  1. quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)

Ancestry of “kinoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchquinoaquinoa, "Chenopodium quinoa"; the seeds of the...
2Spanishquinuaquinoa
3Quechuakinwaquinoa
Every word from Quechua kinwa →Every word from Spanish quinua →Every word from Dutch quinoa →